## Treasurers Report for February 2024- February 2025 

Another busy and successful year for the charity and a quick count shows we had just over 2000 individual booking registrations meaning just about 170 anglers per month. I think this also justifies our subscription limit staying roughly between 125 and 130 with currently no plans to register anymore numbers this year. We did put out a new waiting list link registration link this year but out of all that applied none said they would be taking part in projects so we will keep that list on record and only dip back in should we drop in numbers. We do make it clear now on initial contact that this is not a “Fishing club” but rather an angling hub charity and participation is desirable. 

For this financial year it was my first at taking on the new position of treasurer and quite a lot to learn in the first few months as we have an active deposit/debit account with Barclays which requires quite a bit of recording. My method is to examine the monthly bank account which I then transfer onto a rolling spreadsheet which details all spend and income into basic groupings. No large spends are also authorised unless agreed by all 3 of the Trustees. This allowed for me to easily complete the final year accounts and send them off to auditor quite early this year and he was very happy with the amount of detail I had sent. We received his letter of confirmation which we can now submit to charity commission with confidence. 

In regard to pricing, I think we still offer tremendous value for money with nobody paying more than £10 a month which works out about 30p a day. I note our neighbours now have a day ticket option of £40 a day so that sort of puts us into perspective given all the additional facilities we have on site. Our costs will undoubtably go up this year with new landlord, rise in insurance and upcoming need for stand renovation but we do remain financially stable and fit for purpose with current format. 

On a personal note, I am very proud of what this small charity has developed into over the years. I am lucky to deal with many of the outside groups and agencies that we work with, and I can tell you all that we are held with extremely high regard in the angling community. We do the same as lots of other places in regards projects, but we take ours just that bit further with our volunteer numbers and hospitality. I could give you lots of quotes from all our projects but the photographs with smiling faces say it all to me. 

I look forward to a successful 2025-26 year ahead. 



|||**Sum of**|**Sum of**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Row Labels**||**WITHDRAWAL**|**DEPOSIT**|
|•|Cheques/bills|296|110|
|•|Donations and|||
||grants|60|16735.61|
|•|Fuel/petrol/gas|<br>786.15||
|•|Insurance|587.14||
|•|Maintenance|8429.36||
|•|Official Body|299||
|•|Project funding|<br>2955.8|2050|
|•|Sundries|1705.56|65.62|
|•|UAF|||
||subscription|389.1||
|•|Management|||
||software|728.19||
|•|Wi-Fi|240||
|•|Starting|||
||balance||1328.41|
|**Grand**|**Total**|**16476.3**|**20289.64**|



S Gibson